Britain, fearing an imminent Japanese thrust to cut India's sea communications, was evacuating non-essential civilians from the strategic island of Ceylon Friday but on the other fronts of the vast Far Eastern war zone, the United Nations appeared, for the moment at least, to be holding their own.
Melbourne reported that United Nations planes had knocked out at least 13 Japanese transports and one or two warships of the Nipponese invasion fleet which was believed to be heading for Port Moresby, New Guinea, off the Northeast Australian Coast.
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